Floris about this shoe:

Some stories start to lead their own life. I found that out with this shoe. Underneath the sole of this shoe there is a drawing of a folded bird. I made this years ago, but I have not been involved with it since. A while back I was in our shop in Antwerp. I always have a chat to see how things are and what is selling well. They all agreed that there was one shoe that was doing really well: ‘The flamingo’. I did not understand one bit. But finally I found out that it was all about the bird underneath this shoe. Maybe slightly influenced by the famous ZOO of Antwerp around the corner of the shoe but the whole line was renamed ‘The flamingo’. So if you consider this shoe, it is now called: ‘The Flamingo’!

Van Bommel shoemaking is still a matter of craftsmanship and we continuously strive to create the best fit possible. But it is also this very aspiration which can make it more difficult to determine your right shoe size. Below you will find a size conversion chart detailing European sizes in centimetres and how these numbers translate into UK sizes for you to easily determine your size.

EU size

Cmfoot

Exact UK size

Recommended UK size

38

25,3

4,9

5

38½

25,7

5,3

5,5

39

26,0

5,7

6

39½

26,3

6,1

6

40

26,7

6,5

6,5

40½

27,0

6,9

7

41

27,3

7,3

7,5

41½

27,7

7,7

8

42

28,0

8,1

8

42½

28,3

8,5

8,5

43

28,7

8,9

9

43½

29,0

9,3

9,5

44

29,3

9,6

9,5

44½

29,7

10,0

10

45

30,0

10,4

10,5

45½

30,3

10,8

11

46

30,7

11,2

11,5

46½

31,0

11,6

11,5

47

31,3

12,0

12

47½

31,7

12,4

12,5

48

32,0

12,8

13

48½

32,3

13,2

13,5

49

32,7

13,6

13,5

Product information

Casual, mid-high lace shoe

Blue suede leather finished with a zig-zag pattern made of black silicone print